Celebrating 56 years – The Overseas School of Colombo unveils a new vision & mission

Established on 23rd September 1957, Overseas Children’s School, as it was then known, commenced with just 9 students, to provide an international education to Diplomats and expats children. The first ever international school in Sri Lanka, it was located in Queens Road, Coninston Place, Mutthiah Road and finally in 1983 was set up in Pelawatte, Battaramulla . Set amidst a lush 5 acre campus, The Overseas School of Colombo (OSC)provides excellent facilities for its student and staff.

Offering another first, OSC introduced the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma in 1982 and continues to be the only fully authorized IB World School in Sri Lanka offering the International Baccalaureate in Primary, Middle Years & Diploma Programmes. We are also accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and Middle States Association of Schools & Colleges (MSA), and are members of Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools (NESA)and South Asia Inter-School Association (SAISA)

OSC has grown steadily over the years, changing and adapting, we’ve seen thousands of students & teachers going through our School. We have experienced many proud moments, initiating the Colombo Model United Nations (Co-MUN), growth of community service projects, international sports tournaments, school productions and many more achievements.

The Overseas School of Colombo offers a holistic learning experience for our diverse student body of 400+ students across 45 different nationalities. Our highly qualified faculty mirrors this diversity of nationalities and we celebrate this diversity of cultures and nationalities amongst our Board of Directors, PTA and in all activities of the school.

In keeping with OSC’s aims to foster internationalism, and focus on the future growth of the school, in the 2012-2013 school year, the Board appointed a committee comprising teachers, administrators and students to draft a vision to guide our school, a mission to focus our endeavours and support our motto , “Unity in Diversity”.

As mentioned by Ms. Sajeda Akbarally, Chairman of the Board at the celebration of the Founders Day Assembly on 27th September 2013, “The vision represents an ideal state of the school at a point in the distant future, a status the school is striving